Tana 2015 Programme

The following is the draft programme of the 4th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa, scheduled to be held on the 18th and 19th April 2015, in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. All times indicated are East Africa Time (EAT) or UTC+3.

Tana 2015 Pre Forum Events

Public Lecture and Vice Chancellors’ Debate

The Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa, in conjunction with the Bahir Dar University, will organise a public lecture and a Vice Chancellors’ debate in order to cascade the discussions of the Forum to young generation in universities. Please find below relevant documents.

– Download the Programme of the Public Lecture and Vice Chancellors’ debate – Download the Concept Note

Universities’ Essay Competition

Africa is the world’s most youthful continent with about 65% of the population under the age of 35. As the continent’s present and future, young people are uniquely impacted by the peace and security challenges. They are also the best equipped to solve them. The Tana Forum Universities’ Competition seeks to engage young voices on issues of peace and security in Africa; and secondly, provide a platform for African youths to present their perspectives on the causes, manifestations and impact of secularism and politicized faith on peace and security in Africa.

The authors of the top three essays will be flown to the host city Bahir Dar, Ethiopia for the 2015 Tana Forum and the best writer will be invited to make oral presentations of her/his essay to African dignitaries and officials from international organizations.

The pursuit for peace is a continental agenda. It is pursused on local, national and regional levels by actors with varying expertise and resources. The Tana Forum-WANEP Regional Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues seeks to make these connections between levels of work and levels of expertise more impactful. With actors from grassroots civil society organizations to international organizations we hone in on the year’s theme Secularism and Politicised Faith and develop a blueprint of action.

This year, we are collaborating with the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) to bring together leaders and key individuals in West Africa. The regional multi-stakeholder dialogue will take place at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana on 24th and 25th February 2015.

The broad goal of the Regional Multi-Stakeholder Pre-Forum is to provide an opportunity for a broad-based African constituency to become part of the process of generating inclusive dialogue capable of advancing ownership of African solutions on peace and security. For more information, download the Concept Note.

The Tana Forum/WANEP Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue gathered civil civil society experiences and expertise to help inform discussions at Tana 2015 in April. The deliberations produced the following recommendations.

Tana 2015 Outcomes

Facts and Figures of Tana 2015

Outcomes

Between 18th-19th April 2015, heads of state, policy-makers and policy-influencers, deliberated over the year’s theme “Secularism and Politicised Faith”. Download the outcomes and recommendations.

Tana 2015 Speakers

Prof. Dagmawi Woubshet

Professor of African American Literature, Cornell University, USA

Thomas Silberhorn

Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

Benjamin Mkapa

Former president, The United Republic of Tanzania

Abdul Mohamed

Chief of Staff, African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan and South Sudan

His Highness, Muhammad Sanusi II, CON Sarkin Kano

H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo

Sahle-Work Zewde

Director-General, United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON)

Tana 2015 Speeches

Speech delivered by Thomas Silberhorn

Tana 2015

In this speech of 18 April 2015 Thomas Silberhorn, Member of the German Parliament and Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, highlights the European experiences of secularisation and lessons learned about diversity from Africa.

The goal of the Regional Multi-Stakeholder Pre-Forum is to provide an opportunity for a broad-based African constituency to become part of the process of generating inclusive dialogue capable of advancing ownership of African solutions on peace and security.